Of germ cells, trophoblasts, and cancer stem cells

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 276-281

  Burleigh, Angela R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer stem cells; Development; Germ cells; John Beard; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER THERAPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; GERM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 58149193437     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735408326454     Document Type: Review

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